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Subject: Re: Recent Accidents in College Level and beyond Chemistry Lab
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:08:22 -0400
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Subject: Re: Recent Accidents in College Level and beyond Chemistry Lab
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:37:22 -0700
Author: Lee Latimer


Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:59:57 -0500
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From: "Harrington, Rachel" <rachel.harrington**At_Symbol_Here**ROSALINDFRANKLIN.EDU>
Subject: Re: temperature in chemistry labs and storerooms
In-Reply-To: <0314C975188BB0459AE75B19EFBFEF50144254EFF1**At_Symbol_Here**newport.wesley.int>

All of our critical equipment, and I think AC for chemical storage would qualify, is plugged into special outlets (denoted by orange color) which are supported by our in-house generator in case of power failure.  This was put in place a number of years ago after a devastating power outage that left many research labs without power and valuable samples were compromised.  We also recently had a planned power outage so the local electric utility could replace oil in our transformer and this system for backup power generation worked flawlessly.  We have had to close our university twice in the last couple of months because of severe storms that resulted in power outages.  Not all of the building/classrooms have the backup power but the critical equipment in labs was protected.

Rachel E. Harrington, MPH, CHMM

Director- Office of Environmental, Health and Safety

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

3333 Green Bay Road

North Chicago, IL  60064

847-578-3420 work

224-622-4244 mobile

847-775-6548 fax

LIFE IN DISCOVERY

From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Yaeger, Mary Ann
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 6:20 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] temperature in chemistry labs and storerooms

I'm the CHO at a small private college.  How do others at similar facilities ensure chemistry labs and strorerooms do not become dangerously hot?  We of course have central air but  sometimes even with that the rooms get warm, so we intalled window AC units to supplement.  However, recently our power went out for several hours due to a thundertorm and neither system worked, resulting in high temperatures which of course is such a concern for volatile compounds.  I learned of the power outage several hours after it occurred.

 

We are now talking of purchasing a generator. Do any of you have this same worry?  Do you have a generator?

 

Thanks for feedback.

 

MaryAnn Yaeger

Lab Mananger and CHO

Wesley College

120 N. State St.

Dover, DE 19901

 

302-736-2389

yaegerma**At_Symbol_Here**wes ley.edu

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